<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Dear friends,</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">We are excited to announce a call for papers for a special issue of "eLearning Papers" on design patterns for online teaching and learning. Please find the details below.</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Steven and Yishay</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><a href="http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/elearning_papers/call_for_papers" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/elearning_papers/call_for_papers</a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:2px 0px 5px 10px;font-size:21px;border-width:0px 0px 3px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(81,197,253);font-family:latobold;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);clear:both;float:left;width:715px;background:none rgb(233,249,254)">Call for Papers eLearning Papers #42</h2><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(233,249,254)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;clear:both;float:left"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;color:rgb(51,102,153);font-size:15.5555562973022px;line-height:1.5">Call for papers on Design Patterns for Open Online Teaching and Learning</span></strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,128)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Deadline:</strong> 11 May</span></em></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"><em style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:13.63636302948px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;color:rgb(0,0,128)"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Guest Editor:</strong> Professor <a href="http://www.surrey.ac.uk/tel/people/steven_warburton/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(85,26,139);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration:none!important">Steven Warburton</a>, <a href="http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/institution/university-surrey" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(85,26,139);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration:none!important">University of Surrey</a></span></em></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"> </p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:justify">The rapid rise of massive open online courses (<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">MOOCS</strong>) has revived interest in the broader spectrum of open online teaching and learning. This “renaissance” has highlighted the challenges and potentials associated to the design of such educational environments. <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5">Arguably, the accelerated expansion of <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">open online education</strong> creates risks for<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">pedagogical quality</strong> and <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">learner experience</strong>. There is an urgent need to articulate, share and critique design knowledge in this field.</span></div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify">We are witnessing a wealth of different approaches to the <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">delivery, pedagogy, functionalities and support mechanisms</strong> for <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Open Online Learning</strong>. Some have these have been successful and others not so successful – for an example we can see high variability in the documented retention rates across different MOOC offerings.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"> </p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:justify"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Design patterns </strong>and pattern languages have been proposed as effective means to facilitate rigorous discourse, bridging theory and practice (Bergin et al, 2012; Conole et al, 2010; Goodyear, 2005; Mor et al, 2012; Mor et al, 2014; Sharp et al, 2003). The Design patterns paradigm was proposed by <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Christopher Alexander</strong> as a form of design language within architecture. A design pattern describes a recurring problem, or <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">design challenge</strong>, the characteristics of the context in which it occurs, and a possible <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">method of solution</strong>. These patterns were organized into coherent systems called pattern languages where patterns are related to each other. </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:justify"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-align:justify">Some of the <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">key questions</strong> within this call are underpinned by a desire to understand the design processes and mechanisms by which we come to create and deliver open online learning at scale and by extension how we can formulate this into sharable <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">design solutions</strong> that can be applied by others. Particularly where we are observing differentiation and varying degrees of success in the current landscape as <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">defined by</strong>:</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Delivery modes and platform choices;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Style of open online courses;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Reported experiences of learners;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Reported experiences of tutors;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Assessment and accreditation mechanisms;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Increasing use of motivational schemes such as badging and micro-certification;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Retention and progression;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">●<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Increasing use of analytics;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">In this issue, we are seeking either <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">pattern papers, pattern review papers</strong> or papers which <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">discuss the process of eliciting and using design patterns</strong> in the design and delivery of open online education. This may include the following: </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">1.<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></strong>Papers reviewing existing pattern languages applicable to online learning;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">2.</strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Theory and methodology for mining / using patterns in relation to designing for Open Online Courses;</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">3.</strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Pattern papers, including design narrative(s), design pattern(s) and scenario(s);</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">4.</strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Application of patterns to design problems in open online learning.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">For examples of pattern papers, please <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">see the references below</strong>. You might also want to explore <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:13.63636302948px"><a href="http://ilde.upf.edu/moocs/" target="_blank">http://ilde.upf.edu/moocs/</a> </span><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5">as an environment for authoring and sharing design narratives, design paterns and design scenarios.</span></div><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="margin:0px 0px 0px 36pt;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"> </p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:15px;border:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(51,102,153);text-align:justify">Submission guidelines</h2><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">In this issue we will <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">not be accepting “from the field” articles</strong>. We expect two categories of submissions:</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"> </p><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Design pattern papers </strong>focus on design as a mode of action (identifying a need and creating new “things” to address it) and as a mode of inquiry (understanding human experience by introducing innovations and observing their effect).<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Design research</strong> asks not <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">“what is”</strong> but<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> “how do we make it better?”</strong>. Design papers are expected to present<strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">design principles, design guidelines or design patterns</strong>, supported by empirical evidence (qualitative, quantitative or mixed) and theoretical justification. </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">In good editorial form:</strong> Selected articles are clear and precise. They should identify a framework of reference and exhibit a dual commitment to the advancement of both theory and practice.  </span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5">Length: </strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5">Should not exceed <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">6,000 </strong>words.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">In-Depth articles</strong> are full-length texts that discuss current findings from research or long-term studies. They should have the following <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">characteristics</strong>: </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5">Academic focus: </strong><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5">Articles must be original, scientifically accurate and informative, reporting on new developments and recently concluded projects.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">In good editorial form:</strong> Selected articles are clear and precise. They should develop their argument coherently and present unity of thought.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Length:</strong> Should range from <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">4,000</strong> to <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">6,000</strong> words.</div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"> </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;text-align:justify"> </p><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:15px;border:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(51,102,153);text-align:justify">References</h2><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Bergin, J.; Eckstein, J.; Volter, M.; Sipos, M.; Wallingford, E.; Marquardt, K.; Chandler, J.; Sharp, H. & Manns, M. L. (2012)</strong>, Pedagogical Patterns: Advice For Educators , Joseph Bergin Software Tools .</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Conole, G.; McAndrew, P. & Dimitriadis, Y. (2010)</strong>, The role of CSCL pedagogical patterns as mediating artefacts for repurposing Open Educational Resources, in F. Pozzi & D. Persico, ed., 'Techniques for Fostering Collaboration in Online Learning Communities: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives' , Hershey, New York , pp. 206-223 .</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Goodyear, P. (2005)</strong>, 'Educational design and networked learning: Patterns, pattern languages and design practice',Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 21 (1) , 82-101.</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Mor, Y. (2013)</strong>, SNaP! Re-using, sharing and communicating designs and design knowledge using Scenarios, Narratives and Patterns, in Rosemary Luckin; Peter Goodyear; Barbara Grabowski; Sadhana Puntambekar; Niall Winters & Joshua Underwood, ed., 'Handbook of <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5">Design in Educational Technology' , Routledge, , pp. 189-200  </span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Mor, Y.; Mellar, H.; Warburton, S. & Winters, N., ed. (2014)</strong>, Practical Design Patterns for Teaching and Learning with Technology. Sense: Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei. <a href="https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/technology-enhanced-learning-1/practical-design-patterns-for-teaching-and-learning-with-technology/" target="_blank">https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/technology-enhanced-learning-1/practical-design-patterns-for-teaching-and-learning-with-technology/</a> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Mor, Y.; Warburton, S. & Winters, N. (2012)</strong>, 'Participatory Pattern Workshops: A Methodology <span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:1.5">for Open Learning Design Inquiry', Research in Learning Technology 20.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Sharp, H.; Manns, M. L. & Eckstein, J. (2003)</strong>, 'Evolving Pedagogical Patterns: The Work of the Pedagogical Patterns Project', Computer Science Education 13 , 315-330 .</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><a href="http://www.moocdesign.cde.london.ac.uk/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(85,26,139);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration:none!important">MOOC Design Patterns Project</a></strong></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><a href="http://www.ld-grid.org/resources/representations-and-languages/design-patterns" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(85,26,139);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;text-decoration:none!important"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">Design Patterns page on the Learning Design Grid</strong></a></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"> </div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:15px;border:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(51,102,153);text-align:justify">Contact</h2></div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px">For any question regarding the submission process you can contact us at <strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit">editorialteam[at]openeducationeuropa[dot]eu</strong></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit"><br></strong></p></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>_____________________________________________________<br><div>Dr. Yishay Mor, Educational Design Scientist, P.A.U. Education</div><div><a href="tel:%2B44%207891%20456690" value="+447891456690" target="_blank">+44 7891 456690</a> (mobile)</div><div><a href="tel:%2B34%20933%20670%20400" value="+34933670400" target="_blank">+34 933 670 400</a>  (P.A.U. office)<br></div><div><a href="http://www.paueducation.com/" target="_blank">http://www.paueducation.com/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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